Nouns 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Road map

• BBC One Minute World News - Practice your WLS
• Grammar: nouns, check assignments 1.4.D 2-3
• Theory: the genitive
• Work on assignments. 

GENTLE REMINDER: READING LIST IS DUE 11 March 2022!

Friday's test

• 20 Alquin words
• 6 questions on the use of  few-little-less-least etc. 
• 6 questions: change the nouns into their feminine forms
• 6 questions: change the nouns into their masculine forms
• 10 questions: make the nouns into their plural forms
• 6 questions: choose the correct combination 
• 6 sentences you should translate into English 

BBC One minute world news

• Watch the clip
• What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
• What is your idea/opinion about ..... 

www.bbc.com

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can describe:  

• the difference between countable and uncountable nouns
• the effect they have on other words in a sentence
• how English nouns are dealing with gender
• how English nouns are converted from singular to plural
• what 'concord' is
• how and when to form the genitive in English

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

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the Genitive - Possession

Could these two high-profile journeys to the edge of space by wealthy businessmen Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson mean space travel is one step closer for the rest of us?

Well, to go anytime soon, you would need a lot of money. One seat on board billionaire Jeff Bezos's rocket ship was auctioned for 28 million dollars.

the Genitive - Possession

Shows to whom or what something or someone belongs 

Two possibilities:

1. People, places, time, distance, animals, means of transport, money:      Shaun's sheep is tired,     In three year's time

Yesterday's newspaper,    I'm staying at my aunt's (house)

2. Things:                    The roof of the house is leaking

                                         The legs of the chair 

the Genitive - Possession

Archimedes' law                    de wet van Archimedes

Jesus' life                                  het leven van Jesus

only '            :  their names end in s  and they are historical figures. Non-historical figures:

Mr Jones's bike                       de fiets van meneer Jones

Do 1.4.E ex. 2, 3, 4

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can describe:  

• the difference between countable and uncountable nouns
• the effect they have on other words in a sentence
• how English nouns are dealing with gender
• how English nouns are converted from singular to plural
• what 'concord' is
• how and when to form the genitive in English

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

Homework Thursday 10 March

Study the theory belonging to 1.4. 'Nouns' on LB

and the Alquin words of

- The Facetune Epidemic

- Kulning 

- The Me You Can't See